Emiran

Emiran culture was a culture that existed in the Levant (Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Jordan and Arabia) between the Middle Paleolithic and the Upper Paleolithic periods. It is the oldest known of the Upper Paleolithic cultures and remains an enigma as it transitionally has no clear African progenitor. This has led some scholars to conclude that the Emiran is autochthonous to the Levant. However, some argue that the Emiran reflects broader technological trends observed earlier in North Africa, at older sites like Taramsa 1 in Egypt, "which contains modern human remains dated to 75,000 years ago".

Emiran culture
Emiran and contemporary cultures c. 50,000-40,000 BP
Geographical rangeLevant, Arabia
PeriodUpper Paleolithic
Datesabout 60,000–40,000 cal B.P.
Preceded byMousterian, Aterian
Followed byBohunician, Ahmarian, Levantine Aurignacian
The Paleolithic
↑ Pliocene (before Homo)
Lower Paleolithic
 (c. 3.3 Ma – 300 ka)
Middle Paleolithic
 (c. 300–50 ka)
Upper Paleolithic
 (c. 50–12 ka)

Fertile Crescent:

Europe:

Africa:

Siberia:
↓ Mesolithic
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